Small Business

By BECKY GILLETTE   “Front Street was the place to be. That was where all the action was. If you made it on Front Street, you could go places.”  — L.C. Ulmer, a blues music legend who died in 2016.   LAUREL — Back in the 1940s, Blues musician Blind Roosevelt Graves sang and played his guitar in front of ...

Madison native Laurel Donahoo says her career as a designer started as a hobby and way to make a little extra cash in college without having to wait tables. The Mississippi State University communications major with the packs of hand-painted note cards has since grown into a small business CEO eager to grow her customer base from Biloxi to Booneville ...